12-09-2010, 05:39 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by albertGQ
People say the HIV virus. The V stands for virus, so it totally doesn't make any sense
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aaah... i dont mind that one so much. what are they supposed to say? he has the hiv? what are you are a gangster??
edit: ive been saying for a while now "the hivvv" btw 
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12-09-2010, 05:39 PM
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#122
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Richmond, BC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by albertGQ
People say the HIV virus. The V stands for virus, so it totally doesn't make any sense
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PIN number, SIN number, ATM machine...there are probably more.
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12-09-2010, 05:40 PM
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#123
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Richmond, BC
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Originally Posted by theonlywhiteout
aaah... i dont mind that one so much. what are they supposed to say? he has the hiv? what are you are a gangster??
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"He has HIV" works.
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12-09-2010, 06:01 PM
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#124
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by evman150
"He has HIV" works.
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yeah sure that works too but HIV virus doesn't bother me as much because HIV is a kind of virus right?
as opposed to "billing account number" shortened to BAN. if someone says "hey whats your ban number" thats silly to me
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12-09-2010, 06:29 PM
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#125
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vancouver
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^^ Is this not essentially the same thing?
HIV virus = Human immunodeficiency virus virus
BAN number = Billing account number number
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12-09-2010, 06:51 PM
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#126
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First Line Centre
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Expresso instead of essssspresso.
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12-09-2010, 06:56 PM
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#127
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by MattyC
^^ Is this not essentially the same thing?
HIV virus = Human immunodeficiency virus virus
BAN number = Billing account number number
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i know what you mean but to me it just seems more acceptable in the HIV form
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12-09-2010, 06:57 PM
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#128
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vancouver
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fair enough. It really makes no difference to me. I just find it odd that one bothers you while the other doesnt.
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12-09-2010, 06:58 PM
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That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield Penitentiary
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Espresso/expresso reminded me of bruschetta. I've been to fancy restaurants and had to correct them on it. One of the few times that I ever would correct someone's pronunciation but it just pisses me off so bad.
Bruschetta is not pronounced bru-shetta.
It is bru-sketta.
Last edited by Cecil Terwilliger; 12-09-2010 at 07:00 PM.
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12-09-2010, 07:11 PM
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#130
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by evman150
PIN number, SIN number, ATM machine...there are probably more.
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Any acronym ending in S where the S means system.
GPS system (global positioning system system)
GIS system (geographic information system system)
ABS system (anti-lock braking system system)
DSS system (decision support system system)
NES system (Nintendo entertainment system system)
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12-09-2010, 07:28 PM
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#131
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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Espresso/expresso reminded me of bruschetta. I've been to fancy restaurants and had to correct them on it. One of the few times that I ever would correct someone's pronunciation but it just pisses me off so bad.
Bruschetta is not pronounced bru-shetta.
It is bru-sketta.
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Are you wrong, or is Merriam Webster Dictionary?
http://www.merriam-webster.com/audio...2Fspan%3Eske-\
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12-09-2010, 07:34 PM
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#132
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Maple Ridge, BC
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Was watching a "top 50 tv catchphrases" show about 2 years ago and apparently, "Lucy, you've got some splainin to do" was never said in the show once.
On a side note, on that top 50 list, Seinfeld's "Yada yada yada" was the number one catch phrase. ARE YOU KIDDING?? They used that phrase for one episode and I dont think it was ever brought up again.
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12-09-2010, 07:42 PM
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#133
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That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield Penitentiary
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Originally Posted by Temporary_User
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I'm never wrong.
Trust me I'm Italian. More accurately my mother was born in Italy.
Just checked wiki. Even they got it right.
Last edited by Cecil Terwilliger; 12-09-2010 at 07:44 PM.
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12-09-2010, 07:47 PM
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#134
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One of the Nine
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Originally Posted by Temporary_User
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In Italian, 'ch' is a 'k' sound.
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12-09-2010, 07:57 PM
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#135
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Calgary
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ch = K in italian. My last name ends cchia and is pronounced like the car kia
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12-09-2010, 08:04 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Calgary
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It's not really a mis-quote, but I really hate it when people say "X is all but Y". I believe it is actually correct usage, but I just wish that phrase would die. For example why say "The Egyptian Language is all but extinct in Egypt"? One can say "The Egyptian Language is extinct in Egypt" and be a lot more clear about the message. Even when I think about the words and break them down, it still makes no sense. I know what it means, but it still seems meaningless when it's said like that.
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12-09-2010, 08:06 PM
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#137
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DropIt
My mother is an English teacher, so I inherited a few.
The worst is 'stupidest'
The second worst is ' me, tom and steve' instead of ' tom, steve and I'
However I'm not the ***hole that corrects people on it
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me, tom and steve vs tom, steve and I would be dependent on the sentence.
"Tom, Steve and I are going to the store" is correct.
"She needs to talk to Tom, Steve or I" is not correct. "me" should be used.
It is not always correct to replace me with I. Sadly, I've seen assignments and homework that my nieces and nephews have had where the correct usage of "me" was crossed out with "I". It has become an automatic correction that people make.
Anyway....
"SupposeBly" instead of "SupposeDly"
Or
"Pacific" instead of "specific"
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12-09-2010, 08:09 PM
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#138
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: H-Town, Texas
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Originally Posted by Temporary_User
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No, he's not wrong. He's probably Italian.
EDIT: sorry, should have read the whole thread.
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12-09-2010, 08:11 PM
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#139
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: In my office, at the Ministry of Awesome!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BlackEleven
People say "high rate of speed" all the time when they simply mean "high speed". Rate of speed is acceleration. If a car is moving at a constant 200 km/h its moving at high speed but its rate of speed is zero.
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Just to be a dick, and because this entire thread is about being nit picky about things people say, I'm going to point out that that's not correct.
Acceleration = rate of change of speed, not just "rate of speed".
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12-09-2010, 08:30 PM
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#140
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
I'm never wrong.
Trust me I'm Italian. More accurately my mother was born in Italy.
Just checked wiki. Even they got it right.
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This thread isn't about the Italian language. I'm pretty sure we're talking about the English language in this thread.
If you would like to start a thread about the differences in foreign languages, I'm sure very few would have a problem with it.
What you're doing would be similar to someone coming in here and stating that we all pronounce "Germany" wrong, it's "Deutscland"
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